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We have flights, accommodation and tickets to give away.
The second annual Great American Techno Festival is just around the corner. Due to land in Denver on September 13th, the four-day event will play host to an assorted cast of local and interstate names across several of the city's club spaces, with Detroit's Keven Saunderson and Buffalo's Mike Parker among those at the top of the bill. The long list of confirmed acts also includes John Tejada, Drumcell and Raiz from California, Sandwell District producer Rrose and Brooklyn's Donor. Additionally, organisers have enlisted a hefty batch of Denver locals for slots (Mick Finesse, Brandon Brown and Greg Eversoul are three of those).

We'd like to send an RA reader to the party with a friend. One winner will receive two festival passes, return travel for two from anywhere in the United States to Denver (thanks to Southwest Airlines) and three nights accommodation for two at the ultra-suave Jet Hotel in the city's lower downtown district. But if you miss out on the main prize, don't sweat it. One runner up will receive a full version of Ableton Live 8, while another will receive $50 in Beatport store credit. Not bad, right?

Prizes
One grand-prize winner will receive:
- Two passes to the Great American Techno Festival
- Return flights for two from anywhere in the United States to Denver, courtesy of Southwest Airlines
- Three nights accommodation at The Jet Hotel

Re: mnml --- tech

Personally, I don't know of any website's that compile new/upcoming techno releases. I just follow labels and artists, dig through Discogs, search through What.cd, a few blogs/websites like Smoke Machine/TEA/FACT/RA, and a bunch of other smaller blogs that I 'like' on Facebook. It's just a matter of keeping up with the same watering holes. I would definitely attribute the lack of an aggregator to the sheer volume of releases, I mean there is too much shit coming out all the time.

Re: mnml --- tech

Originally Posted by LooseAtTheZoo

Maybe it's just a question of volume, but I feel like there's not a good aggregator site for tracking upcoming releases from big and mid-level names or labels of note. Plenty of review spots, but little in terms of perusing what's upcoming beyond the most obvious names. Correct me if I'm wrong, but what kind of places do you all go to for this purpose?

I go direct to the source. Labels and Artists. Artists with whom I am not familiar are recommended through a variety of microblogs and websites.